Sunday was a nice hot day for a book and a movie. Susan hosted, so of course some of us brought swimsuits to relax in the pool afterwards and chat with our guest reader Lori (and I would be amiss if I didn't thank Miss Claire for giving a couple of us a late-night ride home). This month's book was The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. Everyone loved both it and the movie, although the movie required TWO passes of the tissue box and another bottle of wine. The readers thought the way the author had introduced each chapter with a bulleted, brief description of what was going on (not to mention that the narrator is Death) was really novel and contributed to the success of the story. It was a long book, but an easy read and gave us a different perspective of Hitler's Nazi Germany--one from the German citizens who were not so interested in Hitler's vision and had to struggle through everyday life just to survive (or not).
As usual, the food was phenomenal. The food hit of the day was authentic onion kuchen, from a recipe Kat found in an old cookbook written by women who had been held in German labor camps during WWII. Other delectable items were challah bread, cucumber-walnut salad, fresh fruit salad, Paul's pasta salad, cole slaw, key lime pie, and snicker doodle cookies. We eat well.
Stay tuned for the next book club installment in September!
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